Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare

Giovanni Paternoster

Nicolò Cartiglia

Maurizio Boscardin

Lucio Pancheri

Gian Franco Dalla Betta

Silicon Particle Detector, comprising an absorption region () capable of generating electrical charges in response to a particle passing therethrough, a first and a second electrode () arranged on opposite sides of the absorption region (), wherein the first electrode () is segmented into a plurality of pads (), and a plurality of multiplication layers () able to avalanche-multiply the electric charges generated in the absorption region (), each of the multiplication layers () being arranged beneath a respective pad () and interposed between it and the absorption region (), each multiplication layer () is surrounded by a respective protection ring () formed by the material of the pad (). The protection ring () is laterally interposed between the multiplication layer () and the absorption region ().

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